I think it’s fair to say that everyone with which I’ve escaped has enjoyed it, but none probably as much as the @ecclesladies. Just a week after our first visit we returned to The Escape Room Manchester to take on Prison Break: You are locked in a maximum security prison …

Usually when you enter an escape room you are presented with one of two scenarios: An obvious starting point; a sign on the wall, a document on a table, an out of place object etc. Lots of possible starting points (a decorated set) from which you need to decide what …

Please note this review relates to a visit on January 16th, the day after The Escape Room opened. After visiting a couple of different operators, reading extensively on ExitGames and even giving some thought to opening an escape game business, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what …

You may recall that I introduced yesterday’s Theme Thursday post by saying the idea was very much invented by EscapistTO on the Toronto Room Escapes blog. In a ‘if it happened in a film you would say it’s unbelievable’-level coincidence, the theme that EscapistTO had lined up for yesterday was …

Today a break from the reviews to include a feature blatantly ripped off from EscapistTO. Please go and read some of his thoughts and reviews on escaping; it will make me feel better. The idea of ‘Theme Thursday’ is to come up with a theme for an escape room that …

Please note this review relates to a visit in December 2014. After being wounded on their first go The Animals were keen to put things right and play again. And as Clue HQ were offering a Living Social discount for their other room, Bunker 38, and we’d enjoyed our first …

Please note this review was based on a visit in November 2014. Buoyed by a record breaking performance in Madchester I was keen to play again as soon as possible. But with Team Watch unavailable for an inexplicably long time a new group was needed. Step forward The Animals! I’d …

Please note this review is based on a visit from October 2014. I first came across escaping back in September when I saw a mention of Breakout Manchester on facebook. I was instantly interested in it and shared the link with my friends to see if I could find anyone …

A blog about the possibility of blogging featuring an interview with myself. This is starting off weird. My new interest, nee obsession, is escaping. If you’re reading this you probably already know what that means but in case not; escaping, escape rooming, puzzle rooming, breaking out etc., are various terms …